4th of July Weekend

Weddings make everyone feel more in love!!

Aren't they still cute together!!

Paker loves to fish!!

Tire swings are fun at any age.

Devin showed the boys who was the boss!

Our 4th of July weekend was very busy as usual. Getting friday off didn't seem to help. We had a wedding on thursday, friday was the reception. It was absolutely beautiful. Everything was perfect. The food was great, the band played great songs, and we were surrounded by great people. The reception was held in a place called Oakhurst and it was so simple, but beautiful. There was a lake behind it and they set off fireworks at dusk. It was hot of couse, but to stiffling. John and I danced and had a great time. We both had to work saturday, but I got off work at 2 and we headed out to our friend Donna Sweets aunts house. It was so nice to sit on a porch and just watch my little boy try to catch a fish. John tried too, but he caught more trees than anything else. There was a tire swing and both Parker and Devin enjoyed it. Then Devin deceided that she wanted to try to fishing. Wouldn't you know it she caught a fish!!! Both John and Parker were happy, but also jealouse!! Gifford caught several fish and his neice caught one within 10 minutes of putting her pole in. It just wasn't the Floyd boys day to fish... Oh well Paker loved it and now he owns a big boy pole, not a baby pole. Donna's family was so friendly and welcoming. We loved it there!!!! Over all we had a great weekend to bad it has to end.

Birthday Breakfast

Waffles with frest strawberries.....yum!!

Flowers always makes a day brighter

so she can always find her way home

Allison birthday was last saturday and she had her day all planned out and without me in it. Yikes... I had to act so I thought I will get her before she starts her day. I made her breakfast in bed and put a beautiful arrangement of flowers in her room. She started to get up before I could finish her waffles, but I told her get back to bed silly!! Anyway she loved it and she especially loved her birthday gift, a GARMIN. She gets lost in town so we deceided that we need to get her one so she could find her way home from college. She drove to EFY on Monday and made it so I'm glad we got it for her.

Everyone Farts

I know this is not a news flash, but just an observation. Today we were at the temple and watched a beautiful family be sealed together for all time and eternity, when it happened...... Not to me or John, thank goodness, but to a stately fellow who was the person performing the ceremony. It was so quiet in the room as it should be and then it happened....he blew one out of the park!! He didn't stop or miss a beat in the ceremony, but everyone looked around like did that just happen??? I know this a bodily function and we can't help it, but why do men especially find it so funny?? Why do we have to fart at the most inopportune times? Oh well, just me thinking out loud.

Allison 18th Birthday

Sweet young pre-teen!!

still my little girl

Today is my sweet Allison's birthday!! She turns eighteen today and I can hardly believe it!! Where has all the time gone??? She will leave for college in August and I have a hard wrapping my mind around it. The other day someone called her about an single adult activity... surely they had the wrong number..??? My baby is not a single adult!! She is still about 8 or 9 in my mind. You can tell she is getting older, she didn't want us throw her a party at chuck E. cheese anymore...sigh oh, well I don't miss that place, but who gave her permission to grow up and become this beautiful young woman??? I certainly did not. I had to help her get tires today..... yeah!!! She still needs me!!!

Swimming Lessons

Relaxing in the pool... learning the back float

We are sooooo excited about our first day of swim lessons!!!

learning to use the kick board

putting our face in the water!!! This is a major accomplishment!!

pushing of from the side and doing the superman float

Monday Parker began swimming lessons for the first time. Yeah, I know he should of started years ago, but if you know Parker and his fear of water it wasn't worth the tears that would of been shed. We started out Monday very excited about the prospect of swim lessons. I did not tell him in advance, because he cannot process the waiting very well. Well the teacher called the names and only one other boy showed up. He is three and about the size of Parker's thigh. He is adorable! We were very excited, but also very afraid of huge pool and he doesn't know this man whom he is to trust with his life. We had a lot of tears on monday so when we left Parker was telling me that he did not want to go back, but I maintained that he would be coming back to learn to swim or no more pool time!! Well tuesday afternoon he was excited to go again all of his fears forgotten, but they called and cancelled class. Yikes!! What to do?? Well we call his BFF Ashley and went to her grandma's house for more "practice" swimming. Ashley swims very well and has no fear of the water. He did great, by the end of the night he was jumping in with floaties. This was a major accomplishment! We never were able to get floaties on him in the past. We have been doing great in class. Tonight we went to the 4/5 ft deep water. Parker was very tenative, but he still is doing much better than I had ever hoped!!! I am so glad they gave him a large man as his teacher because if he would have gotten one of those skinny teenage girls I'm afraid she wouldn't made it. LOL!!!

Primary Swimming Party

Everyone swimming and having a good time!!

Tanner Marvets playing b ball in the pool.

Evelyn and Aubrie loved to swim!

Today we had a swim party for all the children in our primary. It was a total blast! At first Kathy was very concerned because it was raining at her house this morning, but the sun prevailed and it turned out to be a beautiful day. About 17 children showed up with parents in tow. We gorged ourselves on grilled hot dogs, chips, and watermelon. Then we had icee pops for dessert. It was great fun! It seemed to me that everyone had a great time. It was cute, Parker started the day on the steps very tenantive, but before long he was having a blast in the middle of the pool. We are going to sign up for swim lesson this week. I cannot have a 80 lbs of little man meat hanging of me any more. You would think I would lots of weight with that sack of boy hanging on to me with the grasp of the incredible hulk.

Home Sweet Home

Well we are home from our Disney vacation. It is nice to vacation, but it is great to get home and sleep in your own bed even if it is smaller than at the hotel. Now going back to work it not real fun, but as I explained to Parker we cannot vacation all the time because it cost to much money, but he tell me he needs to go back on vacation...LOL! Six years old what does he need a vacation from??? Getting back to swing things is hard. Since it is summer vacation we don't have a real schedule and since Tara is here the house looks like a bomb exploded in it. Little hands can make a mess so quickly. You can never get mad at that sweet little angel. She is so darn cute! I hope that Jeremy and Tara move closer soon. I would love to see that sweet little face all the time and only if I could get her to say "grandma".